Guest Blogger - Joshua Howe

Josh, my guest blogger

I have two books remaining on my summer list and two weeks left before school...one of those books is The Grapes of Wrath so I am thinking this might not happen but I am up for the challenge.  I just finished Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos's book that won the Newbery Medal this year.  It took me a couple of extra days because my nephew Josh asked to borrow it and I couldn't turn him down so I let him take it.  He read it three times in two days.  Yeah. Being the good aunt/teacher that I am, I asked him to write the review!  Here are his thoughts.

Hi, my name is Josh.  I like to read a lot.  I'm also going into 7th grade.

Dead End in Norvelt is about a boy who has been grounded for the summer.  But instead of sitting in his room all summer long he helps an old woman named Miss Volker.  Soon there is an evil person who has come into town.  Who is it?

I really liked this book a lot.  The book had a little bit of mystery to it.  There were some funny bits in it.  For example, there was a part of the book that said the dad told his son (Jack Gantos) the secret to catching a deer is not farting.  I would suggest this book to people who like stories based on childhoods of real lives.


Now, because I am a really super proud aunt and Josh was my first nephew ever, here are the mandatory embarrassing pictures...of both of us.

I knew I had a reader from day one...

Josh and I share a love of pirates...
and straws make great swords!